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Advocates demand mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse
'We’ve got to move away from tick-box exercises - it’s just not good enough.'
Black Ferns triumph shows the way to heal our social divisions
The Black Ferns showed us how to be united again. Where else can we find common ground?
Where are you from? The question brown people know all too well
Where are you really from? Where are your people from? Is that offensive?
Andrew Lensen and Marcin Betkier: Could AI play a role in the justice system?
OPINION: Artificial intelligence could help create transparency in the legal system.
'I had tears the whole way around’: Heartfelt plea for donations for kids in need this Christmas
Without donations, thousands of kids could still miss out, charity boss says.
Island tug of love: Mother boarded ship and ‘wrestled’ girl from grandmother
NZ court makes child its ward until custody is sorted out under Tokelauan custom.
Prime $50m property back on the market - will it be returned to disabled community?
The site was sold last year for $49.5m but a plan for 240 apartments has stalled.
Thieves ram raid, smash into five Auckland businesses overnight
A dairy, Subway outlet, restaurant, vape store and car yard have all been damaged.
Ballooning number of managers at Kāinga Ora costs $103m per year
Crown housing agency thickens management layer by 86 per cent in two years.
‘It’s all about abortion’: How women clawed back ground for the Democrats
Financial Times: Pundits thought abortion had faded from voters' minds. They were wrong.
“Cruel behaviour”: Man’s fake Tinder account made ex-lover’s life a misery
Woman forced to change life after 'unwanted advances from strange men'.
Euthanasia laws too strict and should be relaxed, Act leader David Seymour says
A requirement that patients only have six months to live should be removed, the MP says.
Rebuilding Better - the Equality Lens: How to grow the economy for all Kiwis
Experts say NZ needs to tackle the gender pay gap, the digital divide, and housing costs.
Rotorua tourism operators say no to emergency housing extension
Rotorua's reputation as a tourism mecca has taken a hit over the pandemic.
Clive Elliott: Is Aotearoa headed for social apartheid?
OPINION: We are currently experiencing a momentous paradigm shift.
‘They forgot about us’: Family of 13 placed in one-bedroom emergency motel units after fire
Mum and her 10 kids forced to live in two one bedroom units for 12 months.
When Covid hit, five Samoan siblings took over the family business - and changed the game
What happened when five Samoan siblings took over the family market business.
Supermarkets and bottle stores could face stricter limits on alcohol sales after Govt announces reforms
Councils may soon have more success in introducing their own rules for drinking.
How music controls everything from taste to our spending habits
A new exhibition looks at music's mysterious power.
Artwork by Fatu Feu'u to feature on glasses to help preventable blindness in the Pacific
Samoan artist Fatu Feu'u teams up with Specsavers to help kick blindness in the Pacific.
Activists cake King Charles
The activists have thrown cake in the face of the King's wax figure.
Diagnosed sociopath reveals wild lie she's told bosses for time off
A woman medically diagnosed as a sociopath has detailed how her condition affects her work
Rotorua is a ‘ghost town’ due to emergency housing crisis, commissioners hearing told
Rotorua has become a "ghost town" because of the rise of motels serving as housing.
Focus Morning Bulletin: 21 October, 2022
Liz Truss resigns, what’s seeing our household net worths fall and Rotorua struggles with damaged reputation in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
'Privatisation': Robertson hits back at National's welfare policy
National wants wealthy Kiwis to be able to donate to a social investment fund.
MPs emotional in debate over 5-year-old Malachi's murder
MPs say they lack confidence in Oranga Tamariki and the minister responsible.
Nats want wealthy Kiwis donating to social welfare system
It is part of data-led social investment approach targeting support to those most in need.
Catholic school confirms it has not removed portrait of alleged abuser despite victim's request
One victim's family said his only request was that his abuser's picture was taken down.
Security beefed up after thieves steal from South Auckland foodbank
Security is being beefed up at Dave Letele's foodbank after it was struck by thieves.
'Worst we have ever seen': 10,000 more kids hungry at school as food prices hit 13-year high
With food prices at a 13-year high, support for hungry children is growing.
Gloriavale leaders admit mishandling sex abuse cases
Gloriavale leaders say they were unaware of the extent of abuse until two years ago.
New report shows Pasifika workers changing island names to get a job
The Human Rights Commission is calling on the Government to close the Pacific Pay Gap.
PM says local alcohol policies not working as intended, Govt considering changes
The Prime Minister did not say which way she would vote on Chloe Swarbrick's bill.